Some of Earth’s rarest animals are so elusive they feel more like folklore than flesh and bone. We often think of endangered animals as elephants, tigers, and rhinos, creatures whose plights are ...

Photographer Tim Flach has three goldfish and two Burmese cats. The latter, Hunt and Blue, eagerly keep their owner company ...

Climate change and habitat loss are affecting animal populations around the world and reptiles such as South Australia's own endangered pygmy bluetongue are susceptible to higher temperatures and ...

At some point, you’ve probably visited Seneca Park Zoo. Perhaps you watched polar bear Anoki splash around in her pool or you heard male African lion Chester let out a roar. But how much do you really ...

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Coming face-to-face with a wild animal could be surprising, nerve-wracking, or even scary, but sometimes it can be adorable too. One Colorado explorer learned this first-hand on November 7 in the town ...

India’s wilderness is vast and varied, yet many of its rarest animals live far from the spotlight. Beyond the famous reserves ...